Metal sign-board.



GQL. PALMER.

METAL SIGN BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED 001.31, 1911.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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IVITNESSES G. L. PALMER. METAL SIGN BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.3l, 19 11- Patented July 28, 19143 I 2 BHEETSSHEET 2.

WITNESSES M INVENTIOR yAttomleyq' [STATES PATENT OFFICE.

G'I'LMAN L. PALMER, or coNNEanr, onto.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed October 31, 1911. Serial No. 657,791.

Karat. SIGN-BOARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILMAN L. PALMER, a

citizen of ,the- United States, residing at Conneaut, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Sign- Boards, of which the following is a specififastened'to the angle iron frame. The an- 7 adjacent panel, sothat the edgesv are held 1e ironframe is fastened to the skeleton rame, and each panel is connected to the snugly together and in alinement.

The nvention con'slsts in certain novel features of construction and combinations of-parts which will be hereinafter describ 3 and nuts 4. Strips or braces 5, 5, are connected to the posts for holding the posts and pointed out in the claims.

In the. accompanying. drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2 1s a vertical sectional view; Fig.3 is a rear view of one of the panels; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of one of the panels; and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, showing the manner ofconnecting the ad'acent panels together.

The main rame consists of angle iron posts 1, 1, to which are connected horizontal angle iron bars 2, 2. -'The horizontal bars are connected to the posts by means of bolts in a vertical position. v

The panels consist of angle iron frames 6, which areeach formed from a single piece of angle iron, which are mitered at the corners as at ,7,.t o allow the angle iron to be bent to.form a square corner, and the ends are fastened together in any suitable man-;

ner.'- The angle iron frames 6 are fastened .to the horizonta.l"l .bars 2 by means of bolts 8 and nuts 9. The metallic body 10 is placed upon the flat or horizontally extending surface of the angle iron frames, and the edges 11 of thebody are bent around the vertical sides'12 of the angle frame, and the extreme frame 0 covering, the two opposite edges of which ends of the body are bent at an angle to the edges 11, as shown at 13, so that the body 10 is securely fastened to the angle frame. After the longitudinal edges have been bent atan angle to the main body forming the portions 11 and 13, the metallic body is slid ,upon an angle-iron frame 6. Then the angle-iron frame with the panel or metallic body lO'securedthereto is mounted on the horizontal bars 2 where the frame is fastened. In this manner the panel body can be mounted'upon .the frame and will be held thereto by means of the flanges or portions 11 and 13, and when two panels are placed Patented July 28, 1914.

adjacent to each other the adjacent edges of the frames and panels will be .fastened together by means of bolts 14 as is shown clearly in Fig. 5. After the metallic body has been applied to the angle frames 6, the

angle frame is connected to'the horizontalbars 2 by the-bolts and nuts 8 and 9, respect vely. Then the adjacent sections or panels are connected together by means of .bolts 14', which pass through the vertical sides 12 and edges 11 of the angle iron game and metallic body, as clearly shown in Having fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A anel composed of an angle iron rectangular form and a sheet metal are bent alon 'two lines approximately ar-' allel with eac other with the extreme e es extending inwardly approximately para el with the main' portion of the sheet metal covering, the outer flanges of opposite sides of the angle iron frame fittin the space between the main portion of t e sheet metal covering and the inwardly turned flange at the extreme edge, and the other side of the angle iron resting against the main portion of the sheet metal covering in connection with a support'composed, partly, at least, of angle irons, within the angles of which the en s of the panel fit. 2. In a sign board, a panel composed of sheet metal, the opposite edges of which are bent alon two parallel lines, and a rectangular ang e iron frame which the bent edges of the sheet metal embrace, the angle of the angle ironframe located in thean le formed between the main portion of the s eet metal and the adjacent side flanges formed by the bend, and a support for the opposite ends of the panel niade-of angle iron, one 1 Intestimo'ny whereofI afiix flangeprojecting outwardly to embrace an in the presence of'two witnesses, end of the panel, and means passing through said outwardlyyprojecting flange and ing Y GILMAN M R 5 wardly projecting flange of the end" of the Witnesses: V

panel for securing the end of the panel to M. B. SMITH,

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